eHealth In New Zealand

Health Informatics New Zealand (HINZ) is a national, not-for-profit organisation whose focus is to facilitate improvements in business processes and patient care in the health sector through the application of appropriate information technologies. Health Informatics New Zealand, a new organisation, emerged in September 2000 from two health informatics organisations: Nursing Informatics New Zealand (NINZ) and New Zealand Health Informatics Foundation (NZHiF). Nursing Informatics was originally formed in 1990 and NZHiF was originally formed in 1994. The Executive committee works to maintain our purpose and service for the members, through dynamic goals. Health Informatics New Zealand (HINZ) seeks to facilitate improved health care outcomes through the dissemination and utilisation of information, knowledge and technology.

Health Informatics is taught at five New Zealand universities. The most mature and established is the Otago programme which has been offered for over a decade. Health Informatics New Zealand (HINZ), is the national organisation that advocates for Health Informatics. HINZ organises a conference every year and also publishes an online journal - Healthcare Informatics Review Online.